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Radxa X4 vs Orange Pi Zero 2W

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaX4 (8GB)X4 (8GB) Product Page
Orange PiZero 2W (4GB)Zero 2W (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$80*
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$40*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Intel N100
Intel® UHD Graphics
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
145
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
429

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1,109 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
3,797 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
10.69 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.67 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
377
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1,317

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
475

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1.38 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
5.5 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
426

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.31 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
0.72 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
0.06 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
8.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1.2W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
4W

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